Mount Maunganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.63° S 176.18° E

Mount Maunganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Mount Maunganui sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.1° 

Mount Maunganui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Mount Maunganui today (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Mount Maunganui at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s

Table - waves today at Mount Maunganui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NNW
6
1
N
6
0.9
N
7
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNW
7
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.5
N
4
0.6
N
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
82
84
70
56
45
24
15
11
11
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
8
10
17
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:24PM1.64m
00:50AM1.64m
1:23PM1.62m
1:44AM1.64m
2:26PM1.62m
Low Tide
6:33PM0.27m
6:59AM0.19m
7:32PM0.32m
7:56AM0.22m
8:36PM0.35m
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:57
5:58
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
14
15
12
10
9
9
12
15
16
13
11
9
8
8
11
15
16
14
13
Feels °C
10
12
9
7
6
5
8
10
11
8
7
6
5
6
10
12
13
12
10
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